Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1950 — Page 1

Vol XLVIII. No. 61

DENIES TOP RED IN STATE DEPARTMENT

Lie Proposals Given Careful Consideration Secretary General Os UN Suggesting ■’ EndToCoMWfir Washington, Mar. St — (UP) —I Secretary of state Dean Acheson said today he wUI give vary carefal consideration to United* Natteoo secretary general Trygve Lie's saggestlons for ending the cold war. Lie suggests that the foreign mialater* or heads ofgovernments «rf'~*w*hera' of the UW security council meet to discuss cold war problems Acheson pointed out that it la Lie's duty to maha suggestions which he believes will bo helpful . to the UN! 4a said that he had asked for a a speech Lie made last night in which he urged top-level consultations among the security council's II members. Including all ths big five powers. Detailedcomment. Acheson Indicated, would have to wait until after he studied the test Acheson hinted that Lie 1s trot going tp let his idea drop Lie coaferred ,separately today with three state department’’oWcKt*.' presumably to discuss . his cold war peace plana Acheson said that Lie might have more specific suggestions In communications direct to ntem hers of the security council. Ke added that before the security council scheduled any foretga mftflWM* there would, have to be pretty genoral consent of its members. Thia suggested that Lie might be polling the 11 memlmr governments. Acheson cautiously avoided a direct question whether the t’nit’•sd States would take the lead In holding such a meeting or even agree to such a session He re-' prated' that he wbuld give l.r»f idea very careful consideration -I This government has shown no Interest in direct talk* with 'the Russians’ alone It Insists that ._.tuiy.. negotiations „Vg_: vsrrjed _ on within the United .stabs.’ Lie’s proposal sought to meet the American objections The United Nations secretary general conferred for 40 minute-1 with’ deputy undersecretary of state Dean Rusk. He also called on John D. Hickerson, assistant 4 seJ rotary of state for UN affairs. and'Thilip Jessup. U. S ambassa dor at large who has handled numerous UN assignments. V. 8. officials have given a cautiously cool reception to his proposals. Lie declined to discuss the conversations, explaining that his talks were "confidential." Pre sumahly, however, they covered i his cold war proposals and other, IN problems. f 1 _ i Muncie Woman Dies | In Apartment Fire I Xupcfe, Ind , March 22 — (UP) — Funeral services were arranged today tor Eva L. Jenkins. 7S. a !io died in a tire in her tour-room a part tn ent Firemen said the woman's body was found lying on a davenport in "“which the Dre apparently smouldered for several hours. Passion Play Attracts Big Crowd Last Night An estimated crowd of 1.500 packed Tie Decatur high school auditorium Tuesday to witness the marionette ' Passion Play" present- - ed cttarev-The--program was. .cosponsored by the First Methodist church, of thhcity. and the Decatuq Lions duh. The Lions cWb memberv observed ladies nigh', and following the dinner and regtlar business meeting. members tad their wives ad- - journed to the high school and! torlum for the ppgram WEATHER Light rwln or mew this afternoon coding tarty tonight Thursday genenffy fair and | somewhat watnae. Low tonight JI M. Higi Thursday <550.

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VFW Commander Clarence Weber of this etty, was elected commander of the Decatur V. F. W. poet 523« in an election held Monday in the post borne Welver succeeds iMes tkvuld as commander. Other -o officials elected -were. Chalmer . Lee, senior vice-coin-mander;-* Doyle Lee. junior vicecommander; Arthur Heimann, quartermaster; Harold Worthman. . trustee for three years; ■ -IgSator Ktff'f**. (hw plain Doni Burke, house committee, and Hole rrt S. Anderson, judge advocate. The newly-elected officials will lie installed at the next regular meeting of the poet which will be held April 3 Communists In 12-Hour Strike In Italy Today Rome Police Drive Off Communist Mob At Foreign Office i Rome. Mar 22 (UP) Police ! fired Into the air'todtey to drive ; off a c.vnmunisr Tnofr-ifdranving on the -IJattan foreign offi, dur ink a 12-honr ' <oinniuni-J nation ; Wide cener.il strike * " ’ I The demonstration, mo t ser-, ton* utnoTigfit flurry of iittw It-f t■; dei.ts throughout the nation, .«>< ■ curved In downtown Rome at noon - Riot squads drove jeeps in to the crowd and broke h up The government- met the 12 hour communist challenge to its authority by sending l(l.om) arm ed police and caralbinieri into the! Idg cities to preserve order “Quick-moving police broke up at-* tempted communist rallies and! there was no sertmts violence At I noon police announced 1,000 per ! sons had beep, arrested Most were released Powerful police forces on guard I in Rome used firehoses effectivei ly to drive hack crowds attempting to stage demonstrations In the squares,. Public rallies were Iranj ned for the day in all Idg cities, j in Rome and elsewhere com- . munlst strikers stoned street cars I running in defiance of the strike. I overturned jeeps carrying police I and fought -with their fists against Office -workers and shop clerks going to their jobs The general strike, threatened for days, was called by thff com-munist-led genet al confederation of labor (CGIL) at 6 p. nt. protesting a peasant-police clash in a small village on the Adriatic in which two men were'killed. The strike itself shut down big Industrial plants in the north and) cut off electricity and gas for sev-l era! hours tn some cities. However. thousabds went to work as usual. ? Offk lais estimated the wallrout was about 4b percent effective. The most powerful police reinforcetpenls. appeared in .Rome, When 4o truckloads of regular army soldiers moved up the national highway to help put down a Communist demonstration In E»edra square, they were cheered and j applauded by crowds In tltej streets. Th? strike was preceded in | Rome by three bombing • In the' early morning hours in which twol persons were injured slightly. A shooting occurred just before, sundown yesterday In LentellaJ Unemployed peasants started tot dig up a local road in protest | against the government's failure Itws Ta race SUsMI

lafiiana, Wednesday, Marek 22, 1950.

loyally Check Is Upheld In Court Ruling Government Right To Fira Employes For Loyalty Reasons Washington. Mar M—(UP) — The 8. court of appeals today npheld the constitutionality of President Truman's loyalty pro- . gram, - ’ ■ In a—•- to 1 decision, tiie court upheld the right of the government'to fire employes for loyalty reasons. r =—The-TeourFw-deelsioß-- waa-vnade-r in the case of Dorothy Hailey, ‘former employe in the federqj security agency who was fired from ■ her job on grounds ot having communist associations The decision was written by Judge E. Barrett Prettyman, Judge James M. Proctor concurred. Judge Henry W .Edgerton wrote a stinging dissent in which he said I- to oust an employe as disloyal ‘on rumor and without trial'' is to pay too much for protection against the harm such, an - employe might do. : The, majority,admitted that Miss Hailey's vase Is undoubtedly ap "She was not’ given a trial tn any sense of the word and she does not \now who Informed upon her.’ the majority opinion sqid "Thus viewed, her situation appcaled powerfully to our sense of the fair and just But the case must in context and in ( jMiragxicilty Z* — - - j The < hurt that the ' dent. If there la Ho m pert fir law • aKuinsf it. may remove from gpr♦errrniHnt neryfve “Hnf person of whoev !<»>• ilty h»- It not complete ly f onMin • «i He inay do mo, the majority opinion said. wiHnrnt HMMignlng any reiiaon. If he should, mm a noNter of .'policy, wish to inform! .the employe nJ Aome of the infot>i nation agatest him ami -hear wit at 1 the e.mp.hivr hax to say. -he <l<*es i Sgt. Hahnert Body Enroute To States Monroe Youth Died On Bombing Mission Mrs Elira Hahnert. of Monroe, [has been notified by the departI rjunt of tlie army that the body ofi I her son Slaff Sgt Calvin <1 HahInert, is enrotite to the United States I for burial " . 1 Sgt Hahnert. gunner on a 824 liberator born her. was killed in acthin over Berlin. Germany. March I s. IIM 1 ' The young Adams county vet-, eran. S 3 years old at the time of his death, was one of six meh ot his group to volunteer for the special bombing mission, from which C 5 planes failed to return Sgt Hahnert had IS missions to his credit. 13 of them made with his tegular crew He had received i the air medal, with three oaA leaf! clusters He and his erew had also,' I been cited for "exceptional meritor-1 lous achievement, while particlpat-l Ing in separate bombing missions over enemy held territory.'' Agradnate of Monroe high school, the veteran attended Purdue University and enlisted in the eighth army air corps Oct. 1, IP4I I Survivors include his mother: ' three brothers. Herman. Don and Howard, aqd two sisters. Mrs Alta Row and Mrs Lee Miller. < Funeral Held Today For Baxter Infant Funeral ’services TfiTs ' afternoon at the Zwlck funeral home tor Roger Eugene Baxter, two-day-old son of James C. and '-Mildred, Pierce-Baxter, of near Middlebury. ().. who died early this ! morning at the Adams county mej mortal hospital, where he was 'born Monday The Ret. F. H. Orap■er and the Rev. O. B Turner ofI Delated, with burial in Woodlawn cemetery at Van Wert. O. 1 Surviving in addition to the per- ; ents are the grandparents Mrs. j Lottie Baxter of Convoy. 0., H. R Ray. and Mr. and Mrs Alex l*ierce ot Kokomo.

ONLY OAiLY NCWOOAFM IM AMMO COUNTY

: w - - Lauds Young Heroes MINNESOTA Governor Luther W. Youngdahl congratuiatca James Radeck and James Lewis, after having them brought to the capitol in a police prowl.car, on their courage and resourcefulness in capturing William Nesbit, one ot the nation's "10 most wanted criminals" The boys represented five others of their playmates who participated in the capture. They have been Invited to Washington by head G-man J. Edgar Hoover and were awarded a heroism scroll by .he date * .... ... ,:... !a==w .,,

Commissioners In Suit For Damages Company Sued For Damage To Bridge «*rs, through euunty attorney Ed Bom*, filed a complaint for damageti in circuit court, naming As th* defendants Anderson Bros, of Indianapolis. The complaint seeks 52.04 M) in damages which, it is alleged, was cagfted by one of the defendant's tracks The complaint states that a truck orassing Johnson creek. i*> cated (wo and one-half miles northrant of Decatur, damaged the bridge structure to the extent ofj forbidding further traffic until coni plelely repaired The coni plain t tdrtfier charges that the drivers of the truck knew i that it was overloaded when at j tempting to cross the bridge The I tru< k involved belonged to the rotn- ; panv which was placing rrosai country gas pipe lines through the j county and at the time of the acci j deTf’ was moHng corn 7 . pany’s 4 guiptnent. The (-onipany asaured the commissioners and other officials of 1 *he county that it was insured, and j would.compensate for the damages. | An adju-dor came, saw the damage, ; but nothing else has happened since byway of a settlement. Political Talk In County Spotlight , Chief Interest Is 1 in Sheriffs Race j Politlral talk has jumped into the j limelight in Adams county, since the high school basketball tourney is history and each day brings more candidates into action. Several Interesting contests are scheduled to he decided in the May 2 Democrat primary hut chief interest centers around the sheriff’s I contest This office has provided I some Interesting races In the past I and now that the sheriff's office is a fouryear office it is expected I that this contest will continue to - be the headliner. There are already six Democrat candidates and tor the last two days there has been considerable talk of one or two more entering the scrap. While it is still early, candidates are 'busying themselves with the task of getting active organ I satlons. Several candidates are planning soliciting and advertising campaigns. Several Adams county Democrats have been mentioned for the trus-' tee poets la the 13 townships and at .preseal..there .ls<> candidates tor the Democrat, nomination tor Washington township assessor. Harry Essex. Republican county ehalm~nr~ **.Asd — h,r—* — eV - rv ' would have a full slate of candi- T dates and he predicted that there might be contests In some of the townships tor Republican nomlaa tion for trustee. At the present there are no Republican county office holders. bat there art six Republican trustees ' In the last 10 years, however. Essex pointed out there have been Republican Candidates successful in the treasurer, commissioner and I surveyor contests.

BULLETIN Emmons, W. Va, March 22— (UR)—Two F-M jet planes ■ _ — - - — — Lwm een s osaeffanm V'■WTVw W WSJlffv »“T tTHTtVsub after taking off from an esner*ency landing at Charleston's Kanawha airport today, state polios reported. Both pilots. Lt. Col. A. F. Reinhart and Capt. "George . ■ ■■■ Brief Session Held : By City Councilmen ' Petition ‘ - To Place Stop Sign " The city council. In brief session Tuesday, received a petition, signed -by Mr* Emery Hawkins and 32 others, to place a stop,sign at the 1 corm r iff Wfveiand and Stevenson streete The petition did not sug- ■ gest which street should be made the right of way when placing the sign Chief of police James Borders, present a) the meeting, stated, thatthere harljn-en bji: two Occidents at tint llltrrsertlotr. berth of them minor aoel hard-' escapable evem though stop signs might have been •there One involved two autonice i biles, another an automobile and a I bicycle Trailers parked near the • Intersection obstructing the view i was the re ason for the accidents, and since then, the chief explained? this matter has been remedied The council njemlM-fs voted to refer the matter to the police- chief and the city's board of public works and safety for further discussion Robert 8. Anderson, city attorney, also reviewed the trip to Indianapolis where officials of this city appeared before the state's pub - He service comniissiem to present their case for the issuance of <74.oO<l in bonds tor the construction of the newly-proposed Iron removal and water softener plant Since that tlnte the bond issue has been ' approved. Michigan City Crash Is Fatal To Woman Michigan City. Ind . March 22 — (UPl—Mrs Elsie NeedorL 58. rail road concession stand employe, was killed and-two other persons injur ed last night in s two-car collision at an Intersection. Police said Mrs Seedorf was a paaaenger in a car atruck by Richard J. Urban. 24, who drove through a red Ilghv Urban, a garage employe, was held by police. Lewis Warnick Rites Thursday Morning Funeral services will be held MH am Thursday at the C. M Sloan funerarVome in'*Fort“Wayrie ‘ for Lewis Warnick, who died Monday night after a long Illness. Burial will be at Columbia City. _ Surviving are tour sons. David. Eatel and Lee. Fort Wayne, and Homer. St. Petersburg Fla.; threw daughters. Mrs. Hilah Thomas. Mrs. Francis Roy and Mias Joan Warnick, Fort Wayne: eight grand-1 children, five brothers. Clarence 'of Decatur. George and Jack of Mobile. Ala.. Lawrence of Indianapolis and Marshall of Columbia City, and two slaters Mrs Lola Robinson and Mrs I'athwrtae Smith ot Decatur

Dean Acheson Replies To Sen. McCarthy's Charges On Top Espionage Agent

Union Officers Held Guifty Os Contempt Judge Swygert Rules 16 Officers Guilty Hammond. Ind.. Mar it— <UP» —A ruling by federal district judge Luther M Bwygert today hehi tti officers of the Suited Kleetrical Workers union at Fort Wayne guilty of contempt of court. Swygert said the men. all board members of General Electric local No. SOI at Fort Wayne, violated a restraining order which prohibited them from disposing of the local’s funds. Swygert issued the injunction last November when right-wingers in the local formed a corporation to seek control of an estimated Ji 14.000 in union aasets The move followed the ousting of the UE from the CIO Yesterday Swygert issued a four-point order to the right-wing, t'difir WlUwiHWffTO repay the money spent by one man on a trip to Washington; file a Ismd equalling the assets oTTuttnqulsh control .of the assets; pay all costs ot the court action, and appear in court In 10 days TOr KIRS* compli aaee with the order. Swygert said the 1< officers tried "to ride two horse* slmul prase T» Paas rivet i T“ —- • • i Schulte Funeral Is Held This Morning 11 Clothing stores were closed for • an hour this morning from 9 to ■ 10 o’clock during the funeral ’ ■ servlcea tor Fred E , Schulte. De . atur clothing . merchant- whbse ' “Heath occurred last Saturday in' I - ('lilc.ago J,]. lie* were heldjH -Mary's 1 t'athrdii church at 9 o'clock. Burt- tat wtrv m the Catholic cemetery ' [ . : ’ ““T7 •'■ : Sunrise Senice To Be Held On Easter Young People Plan For Union Service A union sunrise service for the young people of various Protestant churches of Decatur will be held at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church at 6 o'clock Easter Sunday morning. April 9. r , Feature ot the service, will bw . an Easter pageant in the follow- , Ing four acenes: 1 : “Events at the Sepulchre." "The | Disciples Hear and Investigate." i "The Walk to Emmaus." and “Ap--1 pearance to Disciples in the l'p- | per Room " -Young people taking part In the pageant will be: Sheldon Daniels. John Doan. Kenneth Strahm. Jack Petrie. Bonnie Simmons. Frances Morris, Dianne Linn. Harriett Gerber. Betty Roee. Marvin Stucky, Faria Frans. Gene Reynolds. Luther Schrock. Dan Mills Bob Strickler. Dick McConnell. Jack Reynolds Floyd Mcßride. ' Bob Brennan. Bob Doan. Leonard - Egly and John Thom peon Rebearaala are being held each Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Trinity church. Music for the - - ■ - - MfisOr Jane Brumley. Democratic Women Will Meel MoNfJay Members of the Adame county Womee's Democratic club hove . been called to a special meeting I Monday night at 7:M o'clock in i the mayor's room of the city h*R. , Mrs Catherine Lose preeident. ani, nouaced today. -| Al) club members and any woilnwff deairtag to jota the organisettoo are Invited te attend the special <«earing Plasa will be enwvrdeted and . mmH lees will be i named fur the awaer meetisqt to >! be held at the Mooac home April 1 XT.

House Group Approves Bill On Foreign Aid Billion DoHor Cot Refuses To Rmtora In Marshall Funds Washington. March 22—(UP)— The house foreign affairs committee today formally approved a bill authorising 12.100,000,ben In Marshall plan spending tor next year after rejecting an administration attempt to restore part of a *1.000.• nvo.oon cut. . ,, v The ad minis t rat log had rcqqested W.111b.b00.000. but the committee slashed JI.OOO.ObO.nbO off the figure and provided that a like amount in surplus farm goods be made available to Marshall plan eottiXTles it rejected-an administration move to ’ h *. Mffi&iku&liUNfc. ing the use of food surpluses die cretlonary instead ot mandatory The U. 100.000,000 figure includes H5b.000.000 In old funds The senate foreign relatioee com mlttee has authorised the full amount asked, by Mr. Truman. inclnded tat the hem* emsmrtt--tee version iff the HU. will be reported to the house MM WNe nooa were 1 1100,000.000 IS economic a» sistsnee for Korea for fiscal 1051. 2 A ll.V.whi.oOO authorisation for carrying out President Truman's "point four program for developing .underdeveloped areas of the i world T -An extension through fiscal j I*sl ot 5 t he deadline for spending j previously-sppropriated funds te non-c.opimunlsl Chins and other areas iu the far east This auth ..prity would hare expired June 30,... 4 Authorisation tor J27,45b.t»0<> j for the U S cbntrtbutioii to’ the? I United Nations Palestine refugee! aid 5. A continued authorisation to ITsrs Te Page rivet 20-Day Strike At Muncie Is Settled Muncie. Ind . March 22—(UP) — A new contract between the Ball Brothers Co and local No. *3 ot the CIO glass, ceramic and silica said workers unibn will be signed today, ending a 2bday strike. The 1.400 employes uhktilmously approved the new contract at a meeting last night, then held a spontaneous demonstration and p» rade through several city streets after the vote. Approves Issuance i Os Bonds For Plant - City's Request Is Approved By State City officials today received notice from the public service com mission of Indiana that their request for permission to Issue |7*,worth ot bonds for waterworks improvement bad been approved Rpbert Anderson, eity attorney, annoanced — '■— Last week. Mayor John Doan, engineer Ralph E Roop, auditor Ed Kauffman and Anderson, srent to indlanspolbi for the besting before the commission to determine « the bonds could be issued Mambers iff ibe council At«i o(h*r, city officials wttl meet informally Thursday morslag to ’ determine last when the bonds will be sold Before the sale Is made several details will be worked oat. it was said, aad then soiicitatioas will be sent to underwriting security cor potations in Indiana The bond issue Is being madetta help defray expenses for the eon •traction of a water softening aystem In Decatur Present plans call tor softening the water down to soar or five grains At present. Decatur water, as tt Is psmped front the wells. Is regarded as the hardrst In Indiana

Secretory Os State Denies Knowledge Os Top Red Agent In State Department Washington. Mar tt — (UP) — Seerelary of stale Dean Acheson aald today that if the 'top Hessian espibnage agent* in ibis country is connected with the ' state dejirtment-—as charged 181 ’ Ben? R! TffKSrniy — I* (Acheson) does not know It Acheson replied briefly and flatly when a reporter questioned him on the latest charge made by the Wisconsin RepebUean ' “Mr. secretary, is tt true that the toss Russian agoni to tius country is connected with the state department 7" Acheson was staked. r Acheonl) replied thal if art ho did oaf Mtew fc. _ ’ ’’ —— Achesoe told a news conference that Ambassador-at-large Philip Jessup was entirely correct when he'tpld a senate subcommittee that McCarthy's -charges are harming- the conduct of. Ament an TureivtTJ policy However. refused to enlarge on Jeasep's statement. He said to do so might give the impression that the stale department feels the Investigation into McOarthy'a charges should not •" take piace la fact, he said the I department welcomes the feveexi- ' gallon ot McCarthy's charges that there see H commuatets te the department .. . . — ■ . It was reported that McCarthy has informed senate investigator* that FBI flies reveal that a man “connected" with! the ajate department has been lb direct contact with four Russian espionage agents. ■ . McCarthy Identified the man at a secret foreign relations subcommittee session yesterday He charged under oath that the tn-li-viduaj'was the top Soviet "es(>ion~ age agent" In tte I n>wd 8 McCarthy, meanwhile had no comment on yesterday * closed session Nor was it established that the man he has in ciind is now—or ever has been—on the state department payroll McCarthy told the investigators that the individual wax contacted by four Russian agents who enter-, ed thia country from a west coast port. It was not clear when the alleged contacts occurred or whether the Russians entered the country Illegally. McCarthy also testified that thia spy charge is bis "make or . break" case, it was reported Subcommittee members agreed that its fate will either prove or discredit hie statements that the state department loyalty program • is "very, very bad." and that the 1 department la studded with pro- | communists. | Meanwhile, there was no indication what President Truman will decide on the touchy question of giving the subcommittee access to government loyalty files. M<Carthy maintains these files will’ iTsww Te ewe* su> Local Retailers Vote On Closing Hours In Summer All Decatur retailers will be ssk-" ed to vote on whether local sto-vs should close at * o'cock on Salur- - day nights danag the daylight sains months or remain open until It o clock The vol log is being conducted V ' tTO Tetett givieten a* t<4» .Cham—, ber of Commerce and poetca-di have been sent to all retailers ask ing their opinion on the question "■ Last summer, retail stores W neighboring towns remained open the extra hour -luring the waenr so that farmers could spend all of . the Saturday daylight in their fleldx •f they desired to. and Mill hav-> time to eom* to town and then Some Deeatur store* followed sups I aad others closed at the usual * o'clock The r*ferendun. t* beta c ! taken to make a uniform Saturday summer closing hour for Decatar :nrr< lianta.